Description

Ambroxol

Drug class: Mucolytic agent

• Promotes expectoration, mucus clearance and decreases bronchial hyperactivity useful in wet & productive cough. Eur J Dis 1986 Nov. 69(5): 316-20

Guaiphenesin

Drug class: Expectorants

• Effective in managing HIV-infected patients with symptomatic rhino sinusitis and is useful for treating acute and chronic sinusitis. Laryngoscope 1982 Nov 102(11):1225-8

Phenylpropanolamine HCI

Drug class: Sympathomimetic agent/ decongestant

• Phenylpropanolamine was used as a stimulant, nasal decongestant, and also as an anorectic agent. 

• Its therapeutic action to reduced nasal decongestion appears to be due its agonist activity at vasoconstrictor alpha-2 adrenoceptors, which are unusually abundant in the vasculature of the nasal mucosa.

Chlorpheniramine maleate

Drug class: Antihistamines

• An antihistamine effective in the treatment of respiratory infections and allergic conditions relieve symptoms of allergy, hay fever, and the common cold.

Menthol

Drug class: Counterirritant

• Acts as a decongestant and expectorant, thinning mucus and helping you to get it out of your respiratory system.